Payload
AL-FARABI 2
DecayedPayloadLEO
AL-FARABI 2 is a Al-Farabi Kazakh National University payload satellite, launched on December 3, 2018 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 3, 2018 at 06:34 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Spaceflight SSO-A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 166 km
- Periapsis
- 145 km
- Inclination
- 97.38°
- Orbital period
- 87.6 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
- Manufacturer
- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
- Users
- Civil
- Launch mass
- 4 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-099AZ
- NORAD catalog №
- 43805
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Kazakhstan- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- May 7, 2026
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- May 7, 2026
- Time in service
- 7.4 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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